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Philosophical problems in psychology and psychiatry
Author(s) -
Bebbington P. E.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
british journal of medical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.102
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 2044-8341
pISSN - 0007-1129
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8341.1981.tb01437.x
Subject(s) - taboo , psychology , psychoanalysis , speculation , independence (probability theory) , epistemology , philosophy , psychiatry , psychotherapist , sociology , anthropology , statistics , mathematics , economics , macroeconomics
In 1879 by putting a taboo upon anything other than experimentation, psychology lost its independence from philosophical speculation at the very moment it declared it ‐ for it lumbered itself with a speculative philosophy which, though long since outmoded, has remained unchanged through remaining unexamined (Shotter, 1975, p. 40). Labouring the difference between science and the humanities has long been a fashion, and has become a bore (Popper, 1972, p. 185).